The German airline, Lufthansa, has announced that it will suspend flights to Venezuela from 18 June due to economic difficulties in the country. The company also said currency controls in Venezuela made it impossible for airlines to convert their earnings into dollars and send the money abroad. Venezuela’s economy has been hit hard by a sharp drop in the price ...

Evans Ng’oma has with immediate effect resigned from the ruling Patriotic Front after the ruling party refused to adopt him in preference for General Education Minister Dr. John Phiri. Mr. Ng’oma, who applied to stand on the PF ticket for Lundazi Constituency, has opted to stand as an independent candidate in the August 11th General Elections. He says Dr. Phiri ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has threatened to mobilize farmers and Pass a vote of no Confidence in Consumer Customer Protection Commission (CCPC). And the organization is hugely shocked and disappointed to learn of low crop commodity prices been offered by out grower companies for crops like Cotton, Tobacco and Maize. CSPR Information and Communications Officer Maxson Nkhoma ...

ActionAid Zambia has hailed the commitment made by the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) during the just ended 51st Annual Meetings held in Lusaka to combat illicit financial flows. Members of the Partnership on Illicit Finance (PIF) met alongside the African Development Bank at the Annual Meetings in Lusaka, Zambia, to publish national action plans to combat illicit finance, review member ...

Japanese Ambassador to Zambia Kiyoshi Koinuma says Zambia and Japan have a stable trade relationship which is strengthened every year. The Japanese Ambassador to Zambia made these remarks during the official opening of the Carview Zambia Limited, a second hand car dealer. Mr. Koinuma recalls that in 2015, Zambian exports to Japan included goods such as cobalt and tobacco totaling ...

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Chama has called on the ruling party to remain united as the official list of adopted candidates will be released. Mr. Chama says those complaining about adoptions are just politicking the adoptions. Mr. Chama says no one has been rejected citing that the candidates that applied during the interviews for adoption indicated that they would ...

UPND Chairman for Rural Reconstruction and Development Moono Mapani says government’s insistence that it will maintain the Maize flow price at K75 per 50Kg is disappointing and retrogressive. Mr. Mapani says if this remains unchecked, it has potential to be source of reference for the private sector to exploit farmers. Mr. Mapani says it is disappointing that government does not ...

Police in Lusaka have arrested a man of Lusaka’s Mazyopa compound for stabbing his cousin to death using a knife. Police Assistant Public Relations Officer Esther Katongo has identified the accused as Rodgers Simwinga aged 36 of Mazyopa while the deceased has been identified as Oliver Silavwe aged 22 also of the same area. Ms Katongo explains that the incident ...

Patriotic Front deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya says the PF is determined to stop all UPND adverts were they are mentioning PF. Mr. Bwalya says the UPND are failing to talk about what they can do for the Zambian people and are instead talking about PF. He says the PF will soon be engaging the electoral commission of Zambia (ECZ) so ...

Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chairperson Justice Esau Chulu has advised candidates taking part in the elections to subscribe to the provisions of the electoral code of conduct to ensure fair play. Justice Chulu said this in Lusaka this morning when he met the ten presidential candidates that have so far paid the nomination fees. Speaking during the same meeting ...